HMS Humungous! Brit ship is taller than Niagara Falls and has room for FOUR jumbo jets

HMS WHOPPER! Latest warship to take to the seas is the biggest ever built in Britain [Aircraft Carrier Alliance]

The Queen has officially named Britain's new giant aircraft carrier today.

And having been built in Scotland the usual smashing of Champagne, was replaced with a vintage bottle of Islay single malt whisky.

She's been christened HMS Queen Elizabeth and at over 900ft long, this ship is the biggest ever made in Britain.

With a deck wider than the M25, when fully operational she will carry 36 F-35 lightning fighter jets.

Up to 1,000 troops can live and work on the ship and the whirling engines will power them through the ocean for 500 miles each day.

In fact she'll carry enough fuel to drive a family car to the moon and back 12 times.

Adressing the crowd the Queen said "Innovative and first class" warship, the largest ever to be built in the UK, ushered in an "exciting new era".

"In sponsoring this new aircraft carrier, I believe the Queen Elizabeth will be a source of inspiration and pride for us all."

"May God bless her and all who sail in her."

The construction of HMS Queen Elizabeth has created around 8,000 jobs at more than 100 companies across the UK.

Blocks of the ship were manufactured at six yards in Devon, Fife's Rosyth, Portsmouth and on the Clyde and Tyne before being assembled in Rosyth's dockyards.

MEGA: The ships deck is wider that the M25 [Aircraft Carrier Alliance]

And Prime Minister, David Cameron, was there to see the event, along with First Minister Alex Salmond and former prime minister Gordon Brown.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said: “HMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest ship that the Royal Navy has ever had and is a true demonstration of the UK at its best, with over 10,000 people across the country working together to deliver her.

“This occasion marks a major milestone in regenerating the UK’s aircraft carrier capability, enhancing our ability to project power anywhere in the world.”

The Red Arrows also performed an ear shattering fly-by in celebration of the event.

Following today’s naming ceremony the dock where HMS Queen Elizabeth is currently sitiing will be flooded to enable her to float for the first time.

Then work will begin to prepare the ship for sea trials in 2017 and flight trials with Lightning II aircraft in 2018.

Work is already underway on the HMS Queen Elizabeth’s sister ship HMS Prince of Wales which will start to be assembled in Rosyth dockyard later this year.

SIZE: 56m from keel to masthead, which is four metres taller than Niagara Falls!

POWER: Two Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines and four diesel generator sets give total installed power of 110MW - that's enough to provide all of Portsea Island with power.

PROPELLERS: Each ship has two propellers which together will output some 80MW of power - enough to run 1,000 family cars or 50 high speed trains. These will weigh 33 tonnes each, nearly two and half times as heavy as a double decker bus and one and half times as high.

PAINT WORK: Each ship requires 1.5 million m2 of paintwork, which is 370 acres or slightly more than acreage of Hyde Park.